Golf-club.



No. 645,942. Patented Mar. 27, I900.

J GRAN GOLF CLUB.

(Appli ton 111 d N v 29 1899) (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE,

JAMES ORAN, OF OHICOPEE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGN OR TO THE A. G.SPALDING dc BROS, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, CHICAGO ILLINOIS, AND NEWYORK, N. Y.

GOLF-C LU B.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,942, dated March2'7, 1900. Application filed November 29, 1399, Serial No. 7 38,639. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES ORAN, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain,and aresident of Chicopee Falls, in the countyof Hampden, State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGolf-Clubs, of which the following-is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

The object of this invention is to provide a head for a golf-club whichcan be adjusted in weight or in balance-that is to say, in thedisposition of the Weight-according to the requirements of difierentplayers or of different conditions of use. 7

The invention will be more fully described hereinafter with reference tothe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view in sideelevation of a golfclub head which embodies the invention, partly brokenout to show details of construction; and Fig. 2 is a section on the line2 2 of Fig. 1.

The invention is particularly applicable to iron clubs, which arepreferably made of soft steel and drop-forged, but may also be made ofmalleable iron or other metal and formed in any suitable manner. A headA of this general class is shown in the drawings and may be of usualshape, except that it preferably has a wide ridge a running along theback from end to end, or nearly so, in order to give greater thicknessfrom face to back. A chamber a is formed -within the head, as by beingbored from the end, the outer end of the cavity or chamber being closedconveniently by a screw-plug a tapped into it. A weight B is placedwithin the cavity and may be replaced as required by one greater orsmaller, according to the weight.

which it is desired that the head shall have. In order that the balanceof the head may be adjusted, the weight B is made adjustable within thecavity, being held in adjusted position by a set-screw b, the head ofwhich travels in a slot of, cut in the back of the head, the end of thescrew bearing against the opposite Wall of the cavity or chamber. Theweight preferably fits somewhat snugly within the cavity, and if it isdesired to .change the weight of the head a longer or shorter weight issubstituted.

It will readily be seen that it is not only an advantage to be able tochange the weight of a given club according to the requirements of theplayer, but that it is an especial ad vantage to be able to adjust thebalance of the club to suit the player, thus giving to the club in thehands of the player a greater driving power and insuring straighterdrives, preventing pulling or slicing of balls. Although the inventionis here shown and described as applied to an iron, it will be readilyunderstood that it is equally applicable to any form of golf-club.

I claim as my invention The combination with a golf-club head having acavity therein and a slot through the rear wall of said cavity of aweight placed in said cavity and movable therein, and a setscrewtraveling in said slot, and passing through the weight to bear againstthe opposite wall of the cavity, substantially as shown and described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 27th day of November, A. D.1899.

JAMES ORAN.

In presence of- FRANK O. FLINT, HOWARD L. HOLT.

